Sunday, January 12, 2014

Zhejiang Province Announces Two Additional H7N9 Cases

Zhejiang Province – Credit Wikipedia

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While the H7N9 virus has been reported in roughly a dozen provinces and large municipalities since last spring, Zhejiang Province – by a substantial margin – has reported the greatest number of cases. Dr. Ian Mackay, on his Virology Down Under Blog, has just updated his terrific H7N9 by area of case acquisition... chart (see below), which illustrates the distribution of known cases.

Given these trends, it isn’t surprising to find that – for the fourth day in a row – Zhejiang Province is announcing new cases. Here is the announcement from the Zhejiang Ministry of Health website.